Historical Museum of Uzbek Culture & Art

This is a nicely located building nearby the Registan Square, it houses a very good collection of Bactrian Greek periods 3rd BC down to Kushana dynasty 7th AD. Among these collections are numerous pilasters, the bases of pillars of Hellenic origin numerous Buddha heads and fragmentary remains of statues. There is also a collection of ossuary boxes made of clay and designs. These remains mostly come from Afrosiab, Penjikent and southern Uzbekistan in Surkhandarya region.

The highlight of the museum is the wooden coffin of Tamerlane and a large copy of Holy Quran which was placed on Bibi Khanum's lectern. There is a good collection of tribal standards and tentage traditional to the nomadic tribes. A large section of the museum is dedicated to ethnic dresses and costumes, ceramics and wood work art.